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Beer karma is always a good thing. Someday, somehow, you will be rewarded for this.

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Yeah 28 bottles is absurd anyways. I also plan on giving 2 four packs away. One four pack to my brother in law and the other to my dad. then i will give a bottle each to the two guys I brew with and a bottle to my sister in law. That will leave me with 17. Drink a few now and then one every month or so. Life is good sometimes. Plus I know they will repay me with some good brews!

Yeah 28 bottles is absurd anyways. I also plan on giving 2 four packs away. One four pack to my brother in law and the other to my dad. then i will give a bottle each to the two guys I brew with and a bottle to my sister in law. That will leave me with 17. Drink a few now and then one every month or so. Life is good sometimes.

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It's good to be generous. 17 is plenty. Honestly, every year I just try to score a single 4-pack. If I ever did buy an entire case, it would last me for years. No way would I want to drink that stuff every day. Once every couple of months if enough for me. With all the other stouts I like to drink (Speedway, Ten Fidy, BCBS, Founders Impy Stout, Pt5, etc.) I just wouldn't find time for that much KBS.

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I went all over trying to find it yesterday, then I called around today, found places who said they would have it at a certain time and they didn't. Then my girlfriend texts me a picture of a 4-pack and makes my day. Nice.

First time I've ever seen it on an actual shelf today... I had to do a double take. It was limited to 1 12oz bottle per person... but I was cool with that (no lists, behind the counter, wink / wink shenanigans...lol)

It's going for $5 a bottle (limit two) at my usual shop, but the release starts at 5 tomorrow (which is when I get off of work) and I know people will be lining up in advance, so I feel like by the time I get there, it'll be sold out and I'll have wasted my time. Hope you guys have better luck, and hopefully I can find it elsewhere :/

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It's good to be generous. 17 is plenty. Honestly, every year I just try to score a single 4-pack. If I ever did buy an entire case, it would last me for years. No way would I want to drink that stuff every day. Once every couple of months if enough for me. With all the other stouts I like to drink (Speedway, Ten Fidy, BCBS, Founders Impy Stout, Pt5, etc.) I just wouldn't find time for that much KBS.

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Agreed. it should last me at least a year. I bought 8 bourbon counties a couple of months ago. I still have 7. It certainly is not an every day beer. At most once a month. I agree about other great stouts too. I usually drink a couple of big beers like that on the weekend and tend to switch up which ones I drink. I am just starting to age beers too. It sounds like KBS changes drastically with age. It will be fun to see how they change.

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As you can gather from the other posts here, some people score significant quantities. Beer advocates may go to extremes to amass a beer like this, but I nearly always find them to be friendly, generous people. I'm sure you can find someone who will trade you a bottle or two, especially if they know you've never had it before.

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Yea I am just now getting into the trade game. I am not sure I will have the ammo to get some KBS, but I have wound up with nothing even actively trying for the last 2 years so I am hoping this will be the year.

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i got 2 btls...made sure i left plenty behind.. im trusting you all on this.

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Good luck. I have spoken up about how I always leave some for the unknown BA that's coming in behind me and have been flamed for it. Too many BA's seem to think it's dog eat dog and they NEED to get a 4 pack to drink, a 4 pack to cellar and a 4 pack to trade.

Good luck finding it in Michigan. Muskegon and Ottawa counties sold out in about an hour. I went to 8 stores for 5 bottles. My buddy who had the day off went to around 30 stores and scored 16 bottles. Unless you find some magic gem of a store, i'd say you're out of luck.

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I wish I had the time to go to thirty stores.

Of course, if I had the time to go to 30 stores I would probably spend it differently than actually going to 30 stores.

Good luck. I have spoken up about how I always leave some for the unknown BA that's coming in behind me and have been flamed for it. To many BA's seem to think it's dog eat dog and they NEED to get a 4 pack to drink, a 4 pack to cellar and a 4 pack to trade.

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I was hoping to get just a single four-pack, and figured it would be reasonable considering that this isn't a crazy-competitive market around here and Founders is still relatively new in the area (less than a year old), but it looks like it's already turning into a shit show. Just ridiculous. I might only be able to get one or two bottles, and I've heard that the local rep was actually advising store owners to sell them bottle by bottle and stuff like that, with a mark up, to limit large purchases.

I'd be happy with just one or two bottles, but knowing that it's all going to be at a deliberate markup? To be honest, it kinda puts a sour taste in my mouth.

I was hoping to get just a single four-pack, and figured it would be reasonable considering that this isn't a crazy-competitive market around here and Founders is still relatively new in the area (less than a year old), but it looks like it's already turning into a shit show. Just ridiculous. I might only be able to get one or two bottles, and I've heard that the local rep was actually advising store owners to sell them bottle by bottle and stuff like that, with a mark up, to limit large purchases.

I'd be happy with just one or two bottles, but knowing that it's all going to be at a deliberate markup? To be honest, it kinda puts a sour taste in my mouth.

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I agree with you on this. Fucking animals - the distributors, grimy ass beer shops with the markups you alluded to (technically not supposed to break up 4paks) and mindless people who buy them just to trade. I'll be lucky to score a damn 4pk. The a*** store near me might be getting some in but knowing them, they will mark the shit up to $40/4pack. Damn dirty thieves!

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Ohio is being weird...the grocery store handed me 2 today but the bottle shops have none and another grocery store isn't getting it till next week...my trip to grand rapids for the Thursday release was well worth the trip even with the cost of a four pack for the ticket.

Good luck finding this guy! I had one Sunday and it was a great experience. Win or lose its entertaining reading everyone's whining, haha.

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Picking up a case on Thursday. Like I said in another thread I got extremely lucky because only 2 people, including me, have called this store and it happens to be only 5 minutes from me. MuahahahaHA. I have a 4 pack waiting for me today, but the store is 150 minutes away. They are holding it till Friday if I choose to officially be a hoarder.

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Founders ought to be ashamed. My bottle shop got THREE FOUR PACKS, and that's it ... and it's a bottle shop that tends to get plenty of limited release beers. It's fucked up that Founders has so little interest in spreading the wealth of their beer in their home state.

I should be more pissed, but I'm not a big fan of stouts. I still would have liked to try it.

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Founders ought to be ashamed. My bottle shop got THREE FOUR PACKS, and that's it ... and it's a bottle shop that tends to get plenty of limited release beers. It's fucked up that Founders has so little interest in spreading the wealth of their beer in their home state.

I should be more pissed, but I'm not a big fan of stouts. I still would have liked to try it.

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Founders themselves have little to no say in which stores will get their beer in the current 3-tier distribution system in America.